To conclude that communications efforts in support of Budget 2012 were a triumph one must possess a thesis that denies the apparent. Because on the face of it, the media management of the first majority …
Read MoreFor all the failings of the first-past-the-post electoral system—and they are considerable—there is nonetheless a very powerful interest group that has a strong incentive to keep the system in place. That interest group is the 301 …
Read More“Game changer” resides at the very summit of insipid terms used to interpret our daily politics. However, its application to the results of the May 2 federal election can hardly be condemned. Parliament has been reshaped …
Read MoreMy guess is that if we outlawed soda pop, we could produce a similar effect. Bootleg cola-from-a-still would flow like water; people would pay a high price for illegal root beer; criminal gangs would supply …
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